Jet Lag...

It's after midnight now and I'm wide awake. Connor and I are up eating Jo bars (my favorite Romanian treat) and he's watching bolt on his laptop while I'm up posting this blog. I sure hope I can get the body clock on this side of the world soon!

We had a good day travelling today and are now in Tarneveni, Romania. Our hotel is nice but a little bit warm, as we do not have AC here. Evening is cool but our room is a bit warm. Got the fan going and the balcony window/door open...so it won't be too bad. Nancy doesn't seem to mind since she's cutting some pretty loud zzzzz's right now. Hey Connor, can you turn up the volume on the computer!

We met with our hostess for the week, Gabbi. She is a wonderful lady, very committed to her work here and very competant. She has thought of everything and has made our first day here go very smoothly. We toured the CDC (Child Developement Center) If you link to the pictures I uploaded at http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=933031023/a=1147367023_1147367023/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

You will see a pic of the front of the CDC. It's the building with the sign that says, "Centrul de zi" which means "Day Center"

This is the building we will be working on and is also where will have our Day Camp with the Children beginning on Monday. We are also working on building a playground in the front yard! Can't wait to get started on that. The playground equipment we ordered is supposed to be delivered on Monday, so please pray that it gets her on time! Today we hit the local "Home Depot" which here is the BeauMax and practically bought the place out! It was great to watch Judy Dunn and her crew as they worked through the creative process of planning to transform the entryway of the CDC. They have some stunning plans for the CDC and I know it will soon be an exciting and welcoming "first impression" for the kids that are ministered to there every day.

Pray for the kids in this community. It was so interesting that just our presence at the CDC drew a crowd of curious kids and adults. They are in desparate need physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It could be very overwhelming, so we are praying that the Lord will give us wisdom and discernment as we seek to minister to them.

Tomorrow, or well...later today, we will be attending church at a local Gypsie church. We are supposed to lead some singing, share testimonies, and have about an hour with the children to do crafts, play some games, and just get acquainted with them. Connor is looking forward to finally meeting some kids his own age. He's been great, but I'm sure hanging with all the adults is getting old for him. He asked me tonight if he was going to meet some new "friends" tommorrow that he could play with. Pray that he can quickly get acquainted with some new friends and that the language barrier won't be too bad for them. Kids are kids, so I'm sure he'll have a great time with some kids his own age.

Thank you for your prayers. More tomorrow!